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Why Believing in Miracles Could be Hazardous to Your Health

October 5, 2016 Srijitabe, Believing, Could, Hazardous, Health, In, Miracles, to, Why, Your

There are many moments – the loss of a job, finding out you have cancer, a child’s walk home from school in a dangerous neighborhood – when faith in a loving God watching over you can provide comfort and hope, several studies have found. But are there times when too much control can be ceded to God? When it comes to health, the answer in many cases may be yes. Placing too much control in divine hands may lessen efforts to seek treatment or take preventive measures such as quitting…

E-Cigarettes Can Reduce Burden of Smoking-Related Deaths in India

October 5, 2016 SrijitaBurden:, Can, Deaths, E-Cigarettes, In, India, of, reduce, Smoking-Related

Electronic-cigarettes, popularly known as e-cigarettes, provide a third line of option to stay away from harmful effects of tobacco, and can significantly reduce the burden of smoking-related deaths in India, a renowned expert on vaping has said. “The first line option to shield yourself from the toxicity of tobacco products is to quit smoking altogether and the second line of option is to quit with the help of medication,” Konstantinos Farsalinos, from the University of Patras in Greece, told reporters at an event here. Farsalinos, who is a research fellow…

One in every four men in Aizawl facing cancer threat

October 4, 2016 SrijitaAizawl, Cancer, Every, facing, four, In, Men, One, threat

Men in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl have much higher probability of developing cancer than their counterparts in any other part of the country, an official said here on Monday. According to the Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCR), the probability of contracting any type of cancer in a lifetime (up to 74 years of age) is one in four males in Aizawl against one in seven to eight men in important cities in India. “Probability of contracting cancer among females in Aizawl is one in five persons, whereas it is one…

Scrub Typhus Claims 24 Lives In Himachal

September 30, 2016 Srijita24, Claims, Himachal, In, lives, Scrub, Typhus

Twenty-four patients suffering from scrub typhus, a disease caused by the bite of an infected mite found in areas with heavy scrub vegetation, have died in Himachal Pradesh, an official said on Friday. “The total number of scrub typhus deaths is 24 and 825 patients have tested positive till September 28,” a government spokesperson told IANS. He said directions have been issued to all medical officers in the state to treat the scrub typhus patients free of cost. Many patients from across the state were referred to the Indira Gandhi…

Fathers’ Smoking May Up Asthma-Risk In Kids

September 30, 2016 SrijitaAsthma-Risk, Fathers, In, Kids, May, Smoking, Up

Men who indulge in smoking since their adolescence may put their future children at more than three times higher risk of an early-onset of asthma, a finding suggests. In the study, the researchers included more than 24,000 children and showed that both a father’s early smoking debut and a father’s longer smoking duration before conception increased non-allergic early-onset asthma in kids. “The greatest increased risk for their children having asthma was found for fathers having their smoking debut before age 15. Interestingly, time of quitting before conception was not independently…

Andhra Pradesh Government Aims to Make State Mosquito-Free in 2 years

September 29, 2016 Srijita2, Aims, Andhra, Government, In, Make, Mosquito-Free, Pradesh, State, to, Years

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said his government would work to make the state “100 per cent mosquito-free” in the next two years. “It is possible. We have recently launched a war on mosquitoes. We have to work on this daily and in two years make AP mosquito-free,” the Chief Minister said, inaugurating the two-day conference of District Collectors here today. Sri Lanka has achieved the distinction of being a mosquito-free nation and the World Health Organisation has also declared it so, he pointed out. Andhra Pradesh…